螶

螶	U+87B6, 螶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87B6

← 螵
[U+87B5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螷 →
[U+87B7]

Translingual

Han character

螶 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸尸中戈戈 (SSLII), four-corner 7113₆, composition ⿱巨䖵)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1095, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33506
Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 36
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2878, character 1
Unihan data for U+87B6

Chinese

trad.		螶
simp. ^#		螶
alternative forms		蟝

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巨) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
柜	*kaʔ
渠	*ɡa
磲	*ɡa
蕖	*ɡa
蟝	*ɡa
璖	*ɡa
巨	*ɡaʔ
距	*ɡaʔ
拒	*ɡaʔ
苣	*ɡaʔ
炬	*ɡaʔ
詎	ɡaʔ, ɡas
鉅	*ɡaʔ
秬	*ɡaʔ
粔	*ɡaʔ
駏	*ɡaʔ
歫	*ɡaʔ
矩	*kʷaʔ
榘	*kʷaʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qú (qu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qú
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyú
  - Wade–Giles: chʻü²
  - Yale: chyú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyu
  - Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy³⁵/

Middle Chinese: gjo

Rime
Character	螶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	強魚切
Baxter	gjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	keoi⁴

Definitions

螶

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mayfly
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of beast